HANSKA—Claire Jeske, age 15 of rural Hanska, died Sunday, February 22, 2026 as the result of an automobile accident. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in New Ulm. Burial will follow in the New Ulm City Cemetery. Visitation ...

NICOLLET—Fern Darlene (Thom) Shult, 96, of rural Nicollet, died peacefully on Monday, February 23, 2026, at Sleepy Eye Rehabilitation Center, a few weeks shy of her 97th birthday. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Monday, March 2, 2026, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Nicollet. Pastor David ...

NEW ULM—Arleen Oswald, age 91, formerly of rural New Ulm, died peacefully on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at Pathstone Living Center in Mankato. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 2, 2026 at Zion Lutheran Church in Brighton Township with Pastor David Linn officiating. Burial ...

NEW ULM—Catherine Hillesheim, age 88 of New Ulm died at Living Meadows at Luther in Madelia. Private family Mass of Christian Burial will be at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity followed by a burial at the New Ulm Catholic Cemetery. Catherine was born November 1, 1937 on the home farm in ...

NEW ULM—Alan “Al” Forst, 65, of New Ulm, died Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at the New Ulm Medical Center. Funeral details are currently pending with Minnesota Valley Funeral Homes of New Ulm.

May 21, 1928-Feb. 25, 2026 NEW ULM—Viola A. Reinhart, 97, of rural New Ulm, died peacefully at her farm surrounded by her family on Wednesday, February 25, 2026. Mass of Christian burial will be 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in New Ulm.  Father Mark ...